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Counterclaimed for the compensation as one of two creditor assignees on Belle Vue in British Guiana. Probably but not certainly the John Carrick director of the Atlas Assurance Co., who died in 1837.
T71/885 British Guiana no. 658. London Gazette 19461 27/01/1837 p. 205; will of John Carrick of Southgate Middlesex proved 17/02/1837, PROB 11/1872/161.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£11,257 5s 7d
Unsuccessful claimant (Assignee)
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Carrick', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631025 [accessed 18th April 2024].
